Awning



June 19, 1923.

AWNING Filed March 11, 1922 we/won Tnorms 501m:

ATTORNEY Patented June 19, 1923.

UNITED v STATES 'rnomAs soNnE, or vANcoirvER, nm'rrsnoonomnm, CANADA.

AWNING.

Application filed man 11,1922. Serial No. 542,939.

To'aZZ whom it may concern: i 9

Be it known that I, THOMAS Sal m: f'th'e city of Vancouver, in the Province of l3ritish Columbia, Canada, manufacturer, have in vented certain new and useful Improve ments in Awnings, of which the following the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in window awnings and the like and is designed to overcome the difliculties of manufacture and fitting possessed by existing awnings, while producingimprovement and advantages such as The arrangement of theawning to allow 16 at all time free passage of air through the opening to which it is fitted.

Facilities for removing or replacing any sectiom of the awning without the use of tools of any kind. I I

Reasonable adjustment widthwise of awning sections that stocks may-becarried in retail stores and that the awning may be assembled and fitted by unskilled persons.

My invention is simple. and consists essentially of two guide rods supported 'in'a parallel manner away fromgthe framework of the opening to which the awning is fitted, a top awning section in fixed position and other awning sections fittedwith guide roll-- 3 ers, the awning sections raisedor lowered in parallel relation to. each other by one or more cords running over pulleys fixed to the head of the opening as will be more particu-' larly explainedby the following specification. V

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my awning extended to cover a window opening.

Fig. 2 is a perspective. view of awning with its various awning sections raised to .40 the top of the opening.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the disposition of the guide rollers and awning frames on one of the guide rojdst Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the adjustable sections.

" Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of top guide bracket. with pulleys thereon.

In the drawing, like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure. v

In these, 1 (see Fig. 3) represents one of a pair of ide rods which will preferably be of circu ar cross section and which has a clip member '13" and shoulder'or collar 2 adjacent its upper end, the lower end'of said guide rod is slotted as .at 3 and has a. split pin 4; thereiniforsecur ingsame to bottom lug 5.

The bottom bracketconsists substantially of a base 6 with holes therein for screw for attachment-of the lug to framework, a mem-v ber extending at right angles to the frame and a guide rod supportlng member]? in parallel' relation to the base 6 which extends upwards as shown, to receive the slotted ex, tremity 3 and pin 1 of the guide rodlli No. 8 represents in general, my top guidev rod bracket, consisting of, an angular piece of metal, the vertical leg. having holes therein for attachment by screwsto the frame and the horizontal projecting leg having a hole 9 therein through which is passed the upper end of guide rod 1. M.

No. 10' is one of a pair of clips supporting top-awning section 11 see Figs. 1 and 2 7 which will preferably be made of sheet" metal, the upper or horizontal portion '12 being bent at any desired. angle from the having a'hole 13 in such upper portion slightly larger than the diameter of the guiderod 1 which passes. through 'same, retaining'the clip member 12 Q between shoulder2- and angle bracket 8, the

.clipmember 13 is curved into tubular cross section engaging the angle pieces 14 of any awning section.

The 'adjustable'clip members are repre-' sented by 15 consisting of a plate having a downwardly projecting extension bent into tubular cross section as at16 engaging the angle pieces 14 of their'respective' awning. sections mounted on "the plate 15 are U grooved rollers 17 which'are spaced to em-f 3 brace yet travel freely along guide rod 1. An extensionlip is bent outwardly from plate 15 as at 18 which 'isper'forated for the passage of or attachment to a" cord 19. I

The clip members may be constructed with clip 16 being a separate unit from plate 15 though pivotally mounted thereon and" clamped with a nut to permit of the awning section being" set at any desired .angle to the guides. f

No." 20 represents any awning pulleys se-- cured in a con'venientposition at the to of N5 the opening over which is passed the cor 19;.

Cord .21 is attached as at 22 to tings in the angle brackets of awning section for the purpose of retaining the several awningsectrons when extende 1n their predetermined positions as shown in Fig. '1.

In Fig. 4 an awning section is shown in which 14, 14, are angular tubular members each having one of its legs at 90 degrees .from the other, the outer ends'are open and are made to receive the ends of the legs of distance or side rods 23 and 24, such distance rods being telescopic within the legs of the angular members, thus forming a frame adjustable for width or length.

The sections ll. and 25 may be covered with any suitable material as at 26 Fig. 1'

which may be attached by stitched scams or otherwise to any or all of section members 14, 23 and 23d.

Modification of the top guide bracket may be had as in Fig. 5 in which 27 represents the base plate of the bracket which is pro vided with a portion 28 bent over at right angles having a hole'29 in same for receiving the top of guide rod, mounted on base plate 27 are one or more grooved pulleys 30 to accommodate the control cords 31 and 32,

33 represents a further extension of the base plate turned outwardly from the plate 27 and downwardly at its outer edge to form a keeper over the pulleys.

Having described theprincipal parts in volved in my invention 1 ill briedy describe its operation.

Assuming the awning to be extended, the

various sections are suspended one from. other in parallel relation bythe cords 21 -at tached to the sections as by the eyes 22.

The control cords of which there will preferably be two, one towards either side of the opening, passing over the pulleys 20 the outer ends passing through the hole in lip 18 of each of the intermediate sections and attaching to lip of the lowermost section.

9n the cords being pulled the lowermost section rises alone until the clip members of the bottom section -come-into contact with those of the nextsection, when vertical mo-.

tion is thereby imparted to that section and so on until all the movable sections are brought to rest immediately beneath the top,

fixed section and in close proximity to each other so shown in Fig. 2.

The lowering of the awning section's is merely a reversal of the above, each mov ableupper section attaining a position or? suspension as the lii'nitof its travel, pro scribed by acid 21, is reached.

at I claim as my invention is:

1. An awning structure comprising a plu= ra-lity-of slidable supports and a plurality oi? awning sections detachably secured to the supports and disposed one above the other.

2. An awning structure as recited in claim 1 in which the supports are arranged in pairs derlying the supports in combination with with the supports of each pair engaging and W nt by the members of each pair, means for suspending the movable supporting members from the upper stationery members, and means for raising and lowering said mov ablemembers.

6. An awning structure comprising relatively movable units, each unit comprising a. pair of outwardly extending supports and a removable awning section extending between and detachaloly secured to said supports.

supporting an awning section extending 7. An awning structure as recited in the preceding claim in which the supporting members are provided with grooves receiving the ends of the awning section therein.

8. An awning structure as recited claim it, includizn cans for efiecting relative movement 0 the yarious units.

9. An awning structure comprising superimposed relatively adjustable units, each unit comprisi a pair of parallel supports and a removable aw'ningsection extending between and detachably secured to said supports, means for holding the upper unit stationary', means for suspending the remaining units from the stationary upper unit, an means for efiecting relative adjustment of the ts.

14). awning structure com rising t pair of upright guide rods,-a plura ityof superimposed relatively adjustable units, each unit comprisina pair of outwardly extending supports, to inner ends of which are slidable on the guiderods, an awning section'extending between and detachably car-v ried by said supports, means for holding the supports of the upper unit against vertical movement, means for suspending the supports of the remaining unit from the supports ef'the said upper unit, and means for adgusting said units to dispose the same in spaced relation or incontact with one -an-' other at the upper ends oi the guide rods.

11. An awning structure as recited in claim 10, in whichthe supports of the upper unit are held against vertical movement by means of a shoulder on the guide 6? unbrackets for said rods overlying the supportsmeeeee g 12. An awningstructure as recited in 14. An awnin structure as recited in claim 11 in which the inner' end of each supclaim 13, in whic each awning section comport is .provided with a. air of rollers by prises a rectangular-fabric covered frame. means of which it is slida ly mounted on its Dated at Vancouver B. C! I respective guide rod.- THOMASSONNE.

13. An awning structure as recited in claim 12 in which the outer ends of each Witnesses: support are formed into a clip for detach- Amx. S. WEAVER, ably engaging its respective awning section. v HARRY'E. Punmcrcm 

